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  • "She was considering"—and here he paused—"the worship of Allah!"†   (source)
  • Rather than definitive theological identities like God, Allah, Buddha, or Jesus, the Masons use more general terms like Supreme Being or Great Architect of the Universe.†   (source)
  • One of the Old Testament words for "god" has the same semantic root as the Muslim Allah.†   (source)
  • Every sentence seemed to end with the phrase "Ensha Allah," "God willing."†   (source)
  • "Besides, who says Allah doesn't help?"†   (source)
  • Allah be merciful.†   (source)
  • "By Allah," the sultan swore.†   (source)
  • Allah was with those militiamen—they didn't fire again that evening.†   (source)
  • Impossible to identify ("They don't carry the 'I'm a bad guy' flag," says one SEAL), these hard-line Taliban insurgents, foreign jihadists, aspiring terrorists, and good old-fashioned organized criminals all had the same goal: upset any attempts at regional (thus national) stability for either their own monetary gain or to accomplish Allah's will.†   (source)
  • Cast off thy care, leave Allah's plans to him— He formed them all without consulting thee.†   (source)
  • Somewhere in Yemen, maybe — some Allah-praising farmer with a second goat.†   (source)
  • One day you are well, your debts are paid, your wives are happy, praise Allah, and the next day the fever gets you, and if it opens your skin up to the heat which your skin has fought off all these years, you die.†   (source)
  • Was this beyond Allah?†   (source)
  • But what about the folks who think Allah's the one to put your money on?†   (source)
  • Later, when we knew each other better, he told me that he had just come from noon prayer, at which he had called on Allah to take pity on a tired old man and send him some assistance.†   (source)
  • When they pulled up outside the apartment building, Ramon came down and opened the cab door and the driver said how grateful he was for the tip and that he would pray that Allah bless Robert with many strong sons.†   (source)
  • For all the talk about suicide vests and being willing to shed blood for Allah, only one of the al-Kuwaiti brothers got off a barrage.†   (source)
  • She doesn't say Allah.†   (source)
  • Surely, Allah is watching over you.†   (source)
  • Allah, the incinerator!†   (source)
  • Ya Allah!†   (source)
  • The word "allah" means, quite simply, "god.†   (source)
  • "By Allah!" gasped Kassad, a cry he had not uttered since childhood.†   (source)
  • "I want to see the greatness of Allah," the chief said, with respect.†   (source)
  • "Allah bless you, Sahib," the uncle calls out behind him.†   (source)
  • Praying to Allah won't make any difference, either."†   (source)
  • We prayed together to Allah, kneeling-painfully, in my case-on the floor.†   (source)
  • No, I'm sorry, I hope Allah punishes you."†   (source)
  • Grandma was in tears, and she could not stop thanking Allah for his blessing.†   (source)
  • Praise Allah and pass the high explosive.†   (source)
  • Blessed be you in all your manifestations, Allah-Brahman!†   (source)
  • Adel heard the clicking of a few cameras, voices crying out "Allah-u-akbar!"†   (source)
  • This preacher, this leader of this church and congregation, was using this tone to refer to Allah.†   (source)
  • "Allah cures our illnesses," said the man, clearly frightened of the strangers.†   (source)
  • We waited for the wind to blow from heaven while I prayed silently, "May Allah bless us.†   (source)
  • "May Allah protect my son," I heard her say.†   (source)
  • Allah created the armies, and he also created the hawks.†   (source)
  • Praise be to Allah, Lord of All Worlds, the Compassionate, the Merciful, Ruler of Judgment Day!†   (source)
  • Roshi is wearing a blouse with little gold beads, an Allah necklace, lapis ear studs.†   (source)
  • Even Christians speaking Arabic refer to God as Allah.†   (source)
  • The rest is up to Allah, including the danger.†   (source)
  • As my heart exalted Allah, my mind began to take in information about Allah's works.†   (source)
  • AshHadu An La Ilaha Il-lallah, Wa Ash Hadu Anna Muhammadar Rasul-allah.†   (source)
  • Vishnu preserve me, Allah protect me, Christ save me, I can't bear it!†   (source)
  • I bear Witness that there is no deity but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is His Messenger.†   (source)
  • Who are you to change what Allah has willed?†   (source)
  • Allah taught me the language of the birds.†   (source)
  • Fortier was going to wipe out most of Islam-it could hardly be Allah's will.†   (source)
  • You're a deeply religious man who follows the will of Allah, and I know you well.†   (source)
  • Only Allah's judgment mattered to Leila Hadawi, and surely Allah would have approved.†   (source)
  • "Allah may have ninety-nine names, but Heimdall isn't one of them."†   (source)
  • A nasr is a solemn promise to Allah, a vow, a bargain, a deal.†   (source)
  • "For these blessings, I thank Almighty Allah," Aslam says, "and Mister Greg Mortenson.†   (source)
  • He breathed a prayer to Allah and eased the Mercedes toward the off-ramp.†   (source)
  • Somehow I knew that Allah/ God would grant my wish.†   (source)
  • Then Abdullah raised them in a dua, beseeching Allah for protection.†   (source)
  • Do you really want to meet Allah smelling of alcohol?†   (source)
  • "Thank Allah," Sam said, smiling brighter than I'd ever seen, "most merciful, most compassionate."†   (source)
  • Allah had provided Qassam el-Banna with a path to greatness.†   (source)
  • But they are no more than creations of Allah, the only god, just like you and I are.†   (source)
  • Allah Akbhar! the crowd shouted as one, Allah Akbhar!†   (source)
  • Over and over I repeated my wish to Allah, and I felt a strange sense of peace settle over me.†   (source)
  • For a long time he blamed Allah for his plight.†   (source)
  • Allah willing, we'd like a center for the women, a place to talk and sew.†   (source)
  • He explained that he had spent the night at the masjed where we were married, praying to Allah.†   (source)
  • Then we must kneel before the All-Merciful Allah, blessed be his name.†   (source)
  • In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful …†   (source)
  • With a sense of righteous indignation I realized that, ironically, Allah was on my side.†   (source)
  • ""Allah be with you also, sir," Parvi signed off.†   (source)
  • I wanted to please Allah even more than I wanted to please Moody.†   (source)
  • In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful ….†   (source)
  • We had Allah on our side in Afghanistan," Gul said, grinning.†   (source)
  • If they want to die for Allah, we will help them in any way we can.†   (source)
  • "He is saying Allah is very friendly and great," Abdul said, trying to be helpful.†   (source)
  • Allah had finally put him on the path to greatness.†   (source)
  • In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful ….†   (source)
  • Allah Akbhar, he chanted quietly, God is great, adding his voice to the chorus in the darkened lot.†   (source)
  • And, of course, there was Ziad, Leila's lover and deceased soldier of Allah.†   (source)
  • He closed his eye and drew his hands toward his face, fanning himself in Allah's spirit.†   (source)
  • Amina, too, was disappointed, not with Allah but with Qassam.†   (source)
  • "Thanks to Allah Almighty for that," the mullah said.†   (source)
  • Maybe, one day, Allah willing, I can become a great lady, too.†   (source)
  • I am a soldier of Allah, but a great admirer of Winston Churchill.†   (source)
  • I thank all-merciful Allah for all you have done.†   (source)
  • CHAPTER 20 TEA WITH THE TALIBAN Nuke 'Em All—Let Allah Sort Them Out.†   (source)
  • Father mine, Haji Ali, say Allah send you back someday.†   (source)
  • ""Allah will watch over us," Abdullah said.†   (source)
  • By the mercy of Almighty Allah, you have done much for my people, and we appreciate it.†   (source)
  • By the merciful light of Allah Almighty, tomorrow we make much bargain.†   (source)
  • CHAPTER 8 BEATEN BY THE BRALDU Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel.†   (source)
  • Nervously, the stewardesses performed duas, asking that Allah grant them a safe landing.†   (source)
  • We do not appear before Allah like a man waiting for a bus.†   (source)
  • "Allah-u-Akbhar!" all the Korphe men shouted in a single voice.†   (source)
  • By the most merciful blessings of Allah you have come back to Korphe.†   (source)
  • With Manzoor he knelt and crossed his arms to address Allah respectfully.†   (source)
  • It is he who should be judged in the eyes of Allah Almighty.†   (source)
  • In the name of Allah the Almighty, may it light our way out of the darkness we find ourselves in.†   (source)
  • Allah says, "The broken ones are my beloved."†   (source)
  • By the grace of Allah the Almighty, may justice be served upon them.†   (source)
  • ""It is by fate that Allah the Almighty has brought us together in this hour," Syed Abbas said.†   (source)
  • In the Name of Allah the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful, I know that I will be gone when you read this letter, Mr. Markos, for when I gave it to you I requested that you not open it until after my death.†   (source)
  • …Viceroy after Viceroy to keep the mosquitoes away, one of the few times he'd tried to talk to me about my mother's death, why do bad things happen, why me, why her, wrong place wrong time, just a fluke kid, one in a million, not an evasion or cop-out in any way but—I recognized, coming from him—a profession of faith and the best answer he had to give me, on a par with Allah Has Written It or It's the Lord's Will, a sincere bowing of the head to Fortune, the greatest god he knew.†   (source)
  • But Allah and God ….†   (source)
  • No, sweet Christ and Allah… a D-ring.†   (source)
  • The New Prophet agreed with Kassad's statement that Allah would horribly punish heretics but announced that it was the Hegemony infidels who would be so punished.†   (source)
  • Or Allah!†   (source)
  • May Allah bless us.†   (source)
  • Despite all our efforts, the suicide bombers just continued, young Iraqis convinced by the teachings of the extremist ayatollahs that the murder of their perceived enemies would open the gateway to paradise for them-that the three trumpets would sound and they would cross the bridge into the arms of Allah and everlasting happiness.†   (source)
  • Then Fedmahn Kassad cut in on all bands to announce that his next deadline was one hour away and that any actions against the hostages would be met with a more dramatic demonstration of Allah's displeasure.†   (source)
  • I think to myself sometimes—God forgive me—I say to myself, maybe Allah should have let Roshi …. well, you understand.†   (source)
  • C H A PT E R 7 4 I practised religious rituals that I adapted to the circumstances—solitary Masses without priests or consecrated Communion hosts, darshans without murtis, and pujas with turtle meat for prasad, acts of devotion to Allah not knowing where Mecca was and getting my Arabic wrong.†   (source)
  • That was one of the first and simplest things she'd learned from the pamphlets Yuko had given her: Allah is just the Arabic word for God.†   (source)
  • But I want to pray to Allah.†   (source)
  • They believe that if they have to know about something Allah wants them to know, someone will tell them about it.†   (source)
  • Atman met Allah.†   (source)
  • It's a war between forces that are fighting for the balance of power, and, when that type of battle begins, it lasts longer than others? because Allah is on both sides.†   (source)
  • But that disaster taught me to understand the word of Allah: people need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want.†   (source)
  • The tribesmen preferred the taste of battle, and the thrill of not knowing what the outcome would be; the future was already written by Allah, and what he had written was always for the good of man.†   (source)
  • Allah I might believe.†   (source)
  • If Fletcher could be convinced there was a God—be it Jesus, Allah, Yahweh, Shay, or none of the above—then surely any of us could.†   (source)
  • If this single weapon could deal such a blow to his enemies, wasn't it conceivable that Allah would open man's mind to it through something as mystical as a dream?†   (source)
  • What could Inc do but trust in Allah?†   (source)
  • Before the birth of Mehdi, Reza and Essey had made a nasr, promising to undergo the pilgrimage if Allah granted them a son.†   (source)
  • If Allah was the same supreme being as my God, I would fulfill His requirements as closely as possible.†   (source)
  • The Moslem Allah is the same supreme being whom I, and the other members of my Free Methodist Church, worship as God.†   (source)
  • But I did risk Allah's wrath by unbuttoning my mon toe slightly, and we enjoyed a rare dinner of shrimp and French fries.†   (source)
  • There seemed to be no disrespect in invoking the holy name of Allah while unwittingly spitting bits of food all about.†   (source)
  • I prayed to God-to Allah-that it was.†   (source)
  • "And they prayed to Allah here"—he placed his hand on the ruins of an arched doorway—"in the mosque.†   (source)
  • This was because an Iraqi bomb, undoubtedly guided by Allah, just happened to have destroyed a supply house of the Munafaquin, the anti-Khomeini, pro-shah resistance movement.†   (source)
  • She had planted the bomb, she said, to punish the blasphemers and the infidels in the name of Allah and Muhammad, peace be upon him.†   (source)
  • This was indisputable evidence, said the government, that Allah would surely see to it that Iran won the war and, as a bonus, would snuff out the demonic Munafaquin.†   (source)
  • And then you'll see the face of Allah."†   (source)
  • After much reflection he had come to the conclusion that Allah had placed him in America for a reason.†   (source)
  • But official government reports set the total at six, and added the news that, ironically, the Iraqi air raid proved that Allah was on the side of the Islamic Republic of Iran.†   (source)
  • Technically, the prayers could be said anytime during the next couple of hours, but Allah gives greater rewards to those who answer the summons immediately.†   (source)
  • The Muslims of Amsterdam, she said, were living in a city of legalized drugs and prostitution where the laws of men held sway rather than the laws of Allah.†   (source)
  • Then I donned a white prayer chad or "When one kneels in Islamic prayer, bending forward in subjugation to the will of Allah, the head is not supposed to touch any manmade object.†   (source)
  • "Mash Allah," she said to Moody.†   (source)
  • Her faith in Allah was firm, bolstered by the serene thought that even if Allah did allow her to be blasted away by the Iraqi Air Force, there was no more glorious death than martyrdom in holy war.†   (source)
  • Forgetting that I was confusing the tenets of Islam and Christianity, I said aloud, "Please Allah, if Mahtob and I can be together again and return home safely, I will go to Jerusalem, to the holy land.†   (source)
  • Then, giving all the credit to Allah, she rose from her pallet and announced that she would make an immediate pilgrimage to the holy city of Meshed in the northeastern portion of the country, where there was an especially venerated masjed, known for its healing powers.†   (source)
  • Reza and Essey had made a nasr If Allah would somehow manage to fix Mehdi's feet, Reza and Essey were bound to the annual duty of taking trays of bread, cheese, sabzi, and other foods to the masjed, to have ~~~~~~ blessed and distributed to the needy.†   (source)
  • I did manage to fight my way forward to the ha ram and as I touched the tomb, I prayed fervently that Allah would grant me only one wish that he would allow Mahtob and me to return safely to America in time to see Dad before he died.†   (source)
  • I could see that Mahtob was as uncomfortable as I. To a westerner, a normal Iranian conversation appears to be a heated argument, filled with shrill chatter and expansive gestures, all punctuated with "Ensha Allah."†   (source)
  • She converted to the tenets of Shiite Islam adopted the covered dress, even in the privacy of her home' (she was covered now), said her prayers at the appointed hour, venerated all the 'holy men', studied the Koran, and truly accepted her lot in life as being the will of Allah.†   (source)
  • Allah will reward her.†   (source)
  • Alhamdo allah!†   (source)
  • "I asked Almighty Allah to delay the snow until you were done," he said, grinning, "and in his infinite wisdom he did.†   (source)
  • the crowd shouted as one, Allah Akbhar!†   (source)
  • Allah forbids the education of girls.†   (source)
  • Sher Takhi raised his hands, palms up, over the rabak's head and requested Allah's permission to take its life.†   (source)
  • We submit respectfully to Allah's will.†   (source)
  • We'll have to dig very deep to the groundwater and put in pumps, but with Allah's help, it is possible.†   (source)
  • While Jahan and the rest of Korphe looked on, Haji Ali offered loud praise to Allah for bringing his visitor back safely, then hugged his long body.†   (source)
  • The most beautiful women, the most learned men, even Mohammed, who heard Allah's own voice, all did wither and die.†   (source)
  • "Wahhabi" is derived from the term Al-Wahhab, which means, literally, "generous giver" in Arabic, one of Allah's many pseudonyms.†   (source)
  • Better to sanctify the union, however short-lived, in Allah's sight, Changazi cheerfully explained to Mortenson, than simply to have sex.†   (source)
  • He led the men in a special dua, asking Allah's blessing and guidance as they began work on the school.†   (source)
  • When I lost him and thought he might die out on the ice, I was awake all night, praying to Allah that I might be allowed to save him.†   (source)
  • ""I was fine that day, all thanks to Allah," Mouzafer says, speaking a decade later, in the soft cadences of an old man going deaf.†   (source)
  • "Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim," he began, "In the name of Allah Almighty, the Beneficent, the Merciful."†   (source)
  • "I'd like to work with you for many years more, but Allah, in his wisdom, has taken much of my strength.†   (source)
  • Faisal Baig raised his hands to Allah and performed a dua, thanking him for sending the army to protect the Americans.†   (source)
  • Imitating Manzoor, Mortenson rinsed his ears, then carefully swished water throughout what Muslims consider humans' holiest feature, the mouth, from which prayers ascend directly to Allah's ears.†   (source)
  • Blessings to Allah you're alive!†   (source)
  • The elderly cleric inclined his head toward the sky the blue tarp imperfectly sheltered him from, as if casting his lamentation directly up to the ears of Allah.†   (source)
  • In the dark, as Mortenson drifted toward the end of his long day, the last sound he heard was Baig, whispering quietly out of respect for his guests, praying urgently to Allah for peace.†   (source)
  • Mouzafer stepped back and looked him up and down, his eyes wet, then raised his hands to the sky, shouting Allah Akbhar! and shook them as if manna had already begun piling up around his feet.†   (source)
  • Haji Ali raised the board above his head and thanked all-merciful Allah for the foreigner he'd been kind enough to send to his village, then knelt and plugged the final gap over the foaming Braldu.†   (source)
  • Baig blew out the lanterns long after midnight, insisting that in the small hours, faced with the unknowable affairs of men, there was only one proper course of action: Ask for the protection of all-merciful Allah, then sleep.†   (source)
  • Many Muslims believe that it fell to earth in the time of Adam, as a gift from Allah, and its jet-black color indicates its ability to absorb the sins of the faithful who are fortunate enough to touch its once-white surface.†   (source)
  • Gently, he turned the animal's head toward Mecca as Sher Takhi chanted the story of Allah asking Abraham to sacrifice his son, before allowing him to substitute a ram after he passed his test of loyalty.†   (source)
  • Westernized enough to extend his hand to a foreigner for a shake without invoking Allah, Janjungpa steered Mortenson through the narrow alleys between Khane's mud and stone homes, taking his elbow as they crossed irrigation ditches running ripe with waste.†   (source)
  • As the jeep skidded along an icy ledge, high over the ravine where the Braldu was whited out, the passengers clung to each other for comfort every time the driver took his hands off the wheel and raised them up, offering panicky prayers to Allah that he help them survive the storm.†   (source)
  • And Faisal, who would spit on a picture of Osama Bin Laden any time he saw one, would shudder at the thought of what people under those bombs must be going through and raise his hands in a dua, asking Allah to spare them any unnecessary suffering.†   (source)
  • Allah Akbhar!†   (source)
  • Allah-u-Akbhar!†   (source)
  • Allah willing.†   (source)
  • Do you worship Allah?†   (source)
  • In the Jamia Darul Uloom Haqqania madrassa in Peshawar, which translates as the "University of All Righteous Knowledge," students later boasted to the New York Times how they celebrated that day after hearing of the attack—running gleefully through the sprawling compound, stabbing their fingers into the palms of their hands, simulating what their teachers taught them was Allah's will in action—the impact of righteous airplanes on infidel office buildings.†   (source)
  • Allah be with you.†   (source)
  • The Pagans, leaving Allah, call but upon female deities.†   (source)
  • "By Allah," declared Dahnash, "0 my lady, my beloved is the fairer."†   (source)
  • For, as is written so frequently in the sacred pages of the Koran: "Well able is Allah to save."†   (source)
  • "There," said he, "I saw a daughter of his, than whom Allah hath made none fairer in her time."†   (source)
  • "By Allah, if you will have the truth," he said, "the two are of equal beauty.†   (source)
  • A Persian city once was "enstoned to stone"—king and queen, soldiers, inhabitants, and all—because its people refused the call of Allah.†   (source)
  • "Blessed be Allah," she exclaimed when she recovered, "the best of Creators!" for she was of the true-believing Jinn.†   (source)
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